Intro to VT Outline

VoiceThread—Session 1: Introduction
Come learn about one of the simplest and yet most powerful tools on the Web today. Learn how VoiceThread can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom to capture and share authentic learning. We'll examine how to sign up for an account, the different options in creating presentations, and the benefits afforded to educator accounts. We'll look at example VoiceThreads in order to see best practice and get inspiration for your own projects.

Slideshare of Presentation:

VOICETHREAD LINK

My Outline:

BEGINNERS:

• Intro
• Intro to my Assistant
• What the Heck is a VoiceThread?
  • Example: Haircut Story
• Outline/Description
• PURPOSE/TECHNOLOGY “INFUSION”
• Benefits of VoiceThread for “Opening the Windows” to your classroom:
  • quick
  • interactive
  • visual
  • collaborative
  • multi-purposes
  • different approaches
  • Conversation
  • LASTING AND SUSTAINABLE (mention archiving option here)
    
• Examples
• GO EXPLORE!
  • http://voicethread.com/library/
    
    
• BRAINSTORM IDEAS FOR USING VT (using Etherpad: http://piratepad.net/vtsprankle)
  
• Tour
  • Free vs Educator
    • Paid Options
      1. ARCHIVAL EXPORTS
      2. Student Accounts (w/out email)
    • SIGNUP—Subscribe: APPLY FOR EDUCATOR ACCNT (free)
  • Email (must be able to confirm)
    
    
  • Tutorials from that confirmation page (for later)
    • What is VoiceThread? (http://voicethread.com/share/409/)
    • Share Your VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com/share/325897/)
    • Conversations around Text Documents (http://voicethread.com/share/663003/)
    • Embedding (http://voicethread.com/share/805/) note: I will cover this Friday!
    • The Doodler (http://voicethread.com/share/711/)
      
      
      
      

• 1st Look at User Page

  • From the Creator Side (aka: signed in)
    • Icon/Avatar
      • For Students: http://www.myavatareditor.com/
        TUTORIAL BY ZOE:
        
        
        
        
        
        
      • ALL VOICETHREADS
        • OWNED BY ME
        • SHARED WITH ME
        • I’VE SUBSCRIBED TO
        
        
      • IDENTITIES
        • Pros/Cons
          
          
          
• TIME TO CONTRIBUTE
  • User Page
    • From the Reader Side
      • Comments
      • Timeline
      • How to turn pages
      • See All Pages
      • Full Screen
      • The LAST Page
        • Can be hidden (when creating)
        • How to Share the TRUE LINK
        • Embedding will be covered Friday!
      • Close the VT
        
        
        
• THEN: Contribute to Common VT (introduce yourself, how’s the conference going?,etc)
  • voice, text, video, upload
  • Create an Icon/Avatar if time
    

TIME TO CREATE (CONT. ON FRIDAY)

• 2nd Look at User Page
  • From the Creator Side (aka, signed in)
    
    
• Create:
  • Import/Upload/Video/URL ———— 1st page
    • SHOW MEDIA SOURCES
      • You can take photos from my Fickr Site for BLC2010 photos (http://bit.ly/cuuyO4)
        
        
    • Immediately comment (Good to give prompts for students)
      
      
• COMMENT MODERATION
  
  
• HOW TO SHARE
  • GET THE CORRECT LINK!
  • email
  • quick embed description
    
    
• PUBLISHING DECISIONS

SEE YOU FRIDAY!